Kyburz is a small unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in El Dorado County

El Dorado County, California

El Dorado County is a county located in the historic Gold Country in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and foothills of the U.S. state of California. The 2010 population was 181,058. The El Dorado county seat is in Placerville....

, California

California

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. It is located along the South Fork of the American River

American River

The American River is a California watercourse noted as the site of Sutter's Mill, northwest of Placerville, California, where gold was found in 1848, leading to the California Gold Rush...

 and U.S. Highway 50

U.S. Route 50 in California

In the U.S. state of California, U.S. Route 50 runs east from I-80 in West Sacramento to the Nevada state line in South Lake Tahoe. Portions within Sacramento are known as the Capital City Freeway and El Dorado Freeway...

, and is surrounded by the El Dorado National Forest. Its elevation

Elevation

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 is 4058 feet (1237 m) above sea level and it is named for Albert Kyburz, a former postmaster

Postmaster

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.

The Slippery Ford post office opened in 1861; the name was changed to Slipperyford in 1896, and to Kyburz in 1911.

Ski racer Spider Sabich

Spider Sabich

Vladimir Peter Sabich, Jr. was an American alpine ski racer. He was a member of the U.S. Ski Team in the late 1960s and competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics; he was the pro ski racing champion in 1971 & 1972.-Early life:...

 grew up in Kyburz, where his father Vladimir, Sr., was stationed with the California Highway Patrol

California Highway Patrol

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. Spider & his younger brother Steve raced at the Edelweiss ski area, which closed in the 1960s, and is now known as Camp Sacramento.

Demographics

As of the 2000 Census the population was 167, although the road sign on Highway 50 states 139 as of 2008. Including 86 males and 81 females, 65 males age 18 and older, 66 females age 18 and older, 11 males age 65 or older, and 16 females age 65 or older.

There were 5 people under age 5, 8 people age 5 to 9, 12 people age 10 to 14, 14 people age 15 to 19, 4 people age 20 to 24, 16 people age 25 to 34, 21 people age 35 to 44, 30 people age 45 to 54, 14 people age 55 to 59, 16 people age 60 to 64, 12 people age 65 to 74, 11 people age 11 to 84, 4 people age 85 and older.

The median age was 45.5 and people age 18 and older numbered 131, age 21 and over 128, and age 65 and over 27.

External links

• Kyburz News
• Kyburz Census 2000 datas
• MSRmaps.com - USGS topo map & aerial photo